Temperate, Sincere, And Intelligent Inquiry And Discussion

While The Business Of Education In Europe Consists In Lectures Upon The Ruins Of Palmyra And The Antiquities Of Herculaneum , Or In Disputes About Hebrew Points, Greek Particles, Or The Accent And Quantity Of The Roman Language, The Youth Of America Will Be Employed In Acquiring Those Branches Of Knowledge Which Increase The Conveniences Of Life.

...this Large And Expensive Stock Of Drugs Will Be Unnecessary. By...doses Of...medicines...multiplying...combining Them Properly, 20 To 30 Articles, Aided By The Common Resources Of The Lancet, A Garden, A Kitchen, Fresh Air, Cool Water, Exercise, Will Be Sufficient To Cure All The Diseases That Are At Present Under The Power Of Medicine.

Were I Disposed To Consider The Comparative Merit Of Each Of Them [facts Or Theories In Medical Practice], I Should Derive Most Of The Evils Of Medicine From Supposed Facts, And Ascribe All The Remedies Which Have Been Uniformly And Extensively Useful, To Such Theories As Are True. Facts Are Combined And Rendered Useful Only By Means Of Theories, And The More Disposed Men Are To Reason, The More Minute And Extensive They Become In Their Observations

Mania's Premonitory Signs Are Unusual Acts Of Extravagance, Manifested By The Purchase Of Houses, And Certain Expensive And Unnecessary Articles Of Furniture.

I Shall Be Better Satisfied If The Same Can Be Said Of Me As Was Said Of The Prophet Of Old, "that I Walked In The Fear Of The Lord, And Begat Sons And Daughters" [genesis 5:22], Than If It Were Inscribed On My Tombstone That I Governed The Councils Or Commanded The Arms Of The Whole Continent Of America.